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by nate 16y ago
Ahh yeah. And Apple too. It's just a little prettier than GoDaddy :) After you configure your $3000 laptop it's do you want this for $25, or how about this for $50 kind of stuff.
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by nate 16y ago
For the folks thinking about the "they just don't want the hassle of changing the order"/cash versus credit card thing, I could have also shared a very similar example at Chipotle. Same girl, Stephanie, wanted a burrito bowl, but wanted the
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Psychological manipulation - what I learned trying to save money on a sandwich(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
131 points by nate 16y ago|49 comments
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by nate 16y ago
What exactly are they optimizing or testing for here? Just number of searches, or clicks on that feature. Have they eliminated that people might be clicking on all these odd ball changes because its novel? I know I've expanded some menus an
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If at first you don't succeed, send them some crazy handwritten envelope & note(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
2 points by nate 16y ago|0 comments
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by nate 17y ago
Worked well on Safari. But this was funny: "Chrome Frame Minimal effort for bringing IE6, 7 and 8 up to the latest HTML5 technologies" I loaded it up in IE8 and chose not to use the chrome frame. The presentation returned a javascript error
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Find your own ocean(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
6 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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by nate 17y ago
Rider! :)
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by nate 17y ago
Also Trivial for anyone who doesn't speak English :) But I hope the point hasn't been missed.
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How long can you go without saying "I want"?(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
2 points by nate 17y ago|6 comments
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"I'm confronted with my own ignorance all the time"(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
2 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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Do we really want our lives to mirror video games like Farmville?(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
1 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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Brag about being small(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
1 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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You matter more than you will ever know(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
4 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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Happiness from jumping off the corporate ladder(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
0 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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Yesterday would have been different(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
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"Certainty is the mother of fools"(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
1 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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by nate 17y ago
Funny. I went there and found this: "Sounds very handy - Lifehacker.com This is much quicker and cleaner - Hawk Wings I came across toread.cc and I immediately fell in love with it - Winston's Attic" Again, totally admitting we do this too.
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by nate 17y ago
Very true about Gladwell. But I've picked up the original research too by Wolf and his book. It was Wolf's observation about what made Roseto like it is. Gladwell just restated it. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Clan-Influence-Relationships-D
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Does self promotion cause heart disease?(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
29 points by nate 17y ago|8 comments
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Life and work aren't as bitter as you think(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
2 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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Climbing the corporate elliptical machine(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
12 points by nate 17y ago|1 comments
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If we could never have started Inkling, dayenu (it would have been enough)(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
1 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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by nate 17y ago
I have a book called The Best 1001 Short, Easy Recipes. I brought this with me when we started Y Combinator. Each recipe has at most usually 4-5 ingredients that are often very easy and cheap to get. I don't think anything in that book woul
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Inkling now Leading Company in the Universe and announces plan to buy Google.(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
1 points by nate 17y ago|0 comments
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by nate 17y ago
:( I don't think it can work for me tonight. I'll see how it goes. But I've had dinner slow cooking since 10 am for Lynette and I :) And she might be getting home kinda late. I'll try and get us to the next one.
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BusinessWeek names Inkling (YC 06) one of America's most promising startups(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
25 points by nate 17y ago|5 comments
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Achieve less(blog.inklingmarkets.com)
5 points by nate 17y ago|1 comments
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by nate 17y ago
The Tao of Pooh, a book I read 10 years ago and just recently picked up again. Fantastic read. http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/0140067477 Taoism in general is something I'm going to dive more into.
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by nate 17y ago
This brings up an interesting point though from another book I read "Sway" from Ori Brafman. There's a chapter called Compensation and Cocaine, and they talk about some research done on the brain when money is involved. And basically, a par

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